Successful Trouble Shooting for Process Engineers

Book
1. What is trouble shooting?
2. Mental Problem solving process used in Trouble Shooting
3. Rules of thumb for trouble shooting processes and equipment malfunction
4. Trouble shooting in action: Examples
5. Polishing your skills: problem solving process
6. Polishing your skills: gathering data and the critical thinking process
7. Polishing your skills: Interpersonal skills and factors influencing personal performance
8. Polishing your skill: putting it all together
9. What next?
Subject index
CD
Literature
Appendices
A. Self test for Experience Knowledge about process equipment
B. Reading P&IDs and Systems thinking
C. Feedback for the Cases from Chapters 1, 2 and 7
D. Coded Answers for the Questions posed to solve the Cases in Chapter 8
E. Debrief for the Cases: What was wrong. Feedback on the Questions posed and corrective actions
F. Other tasks for skill-development activities in Chapters 5, 6 and 7
G. Selected responses to the Tasks in Chapters 5, 6, and 7
H. Causes for various equipment
I. Feedback of typical symptoms for selected causes
References

Donald R. Woods is Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University. He received his BSc from Queen's University, his MS and PhD from the University of Wisconsin and worked for a wide variety of industries before joining McMaster University in 1964.

His research interests are in process design, cost estimation, surface phenomena, problem-based learning, assessment, improving student learning and developing skill in problem solving, group and team work, self assessment, change management and lifetime learning.

He has won numerous awards for leadership and teaching including the Canadian 3M Fellow, honorary Doctor of Science degrees (Queen's University, University of Guelph), the President's Award for Educational Leadership, co-winner of the President's Award for Course Development, Lifetime Achievement Award from Chemical Engineering Education and Wickenden Award from ASEE (twice).

He has over 400 publications including the books Financial Decision making in the Process Industry, Process Design and Engineering Practice, and Problem-based Learning - How to Gain the Most from PBL.The latter has been translated into Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

He is one of 20 Chemical Engineers from industry, government and universities to receive the Century of Achievement Award from the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering for distinguished contributions to Chemical Engineering.